CN101155431A - Remote control transmitter which is capable of controlling a plurality of light fittings without the need for a slidable switch - Google Patents
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Abstract
A remote control transmitter is capable of controlling a plurality of light fittings without the need for a slidable switch. The remote control transmitter includes a memory for storing data representing a plurality of control signals for respective channels corresponding respectively to the light fittings, a measurer for calculating a period of time during which the operation button is pressed based on a detected event starting when the operation button is pressed and ending when the operation button is released, and outputting a signal representing the calculated period of time, a transmitter for outputting a control signal based on the data stored in the memory, and a controller for setting one of the channels based on the signal output from the measurer, and controlling the transmitter to output a control signal based on the data stored in the memory in association with the set channel.
Description
The application is based on the Japanese patent application No.2006-260327 that submitted on September 26th, 2006, and requires the rights and interests of its priority, and the full text of the disclosure is incorporated this paper by reference into.
Technical field
The present invention relates to remote control transmitter to remote control lighting apparatus emission remote signal.
Background technology
The remote control transmitter that some and remote control lighting apparatus use together comprises slidably channel selector switch, is used to control a plurality of lighting apparatus, and is for example disclosed among the Japan Patent No.3164158.
Fig. 1 in the accompanying drawing shows the block diagram of this remote control transmitter that uses with the remote control lighting apparatus in the correlation technique.
As shown in Figure 1, remote control transmitter in the correlation technique comprises channel selector switch 1, be used to select lighting apparatus to be controlled, action button 2, be used to begin to operate selected lighting apparatus, controller 3, be used for by 1 output and the corresponding control signal of the channel that sets of channel selector switch, reflector 4, be used for the control signal of controller 3 outputs is transmitted into lighting apparatus, and memory 5, being used to store the data that comprise control signal, described control signal is used for and corresponding each channel of lighting apparatus.Remote control transmitter also comprises the battery (not shown), is used for to controller 3 power supplies.
Suppose that remote control transmitter has two channels in the correlation technique, one is called channel 1, and another is called channel 2.
When action button 2 is pressed, the exercisable different conditions that is in alternatively of each lighting apparatus, as, open mode, closed condition, and dimmer state of a control.
When action button 2 is pressed, when channel 1 or channel 2 are set by channel selector switch 1, the control signal of the expression lighting apparatus concrete operations that controller 3 outputs and the channel that sets are stored explicitly.The control signal of controller 3 outputs is by reflector 4 emissions.
When the corresponding lighting apparatus of channel with 1 setting of channel selector switch received control signal, lighting apparatus began operation.
If use slide switch to control lighting apparatus as channel selector switch 1, then channel selector switch 1 may have following problem:
Slide switch comprises the parts that are welded to connect usually.When slide switch is operated when changing channel, if be applied to stress on the welding assembly greater than admissible level, if perhaps slide switch uses and surpasses the time span that allows, then weldering is split and may be developed into to a certain degree, is used to change channel to such an extent as to slide switch no longer can be operated.
In addition, slide switch must be installed in high-precision position.If slide switch is not installed to the position according to design specification, then switch may with the remote control transmitter housing contacts, make it can not carry out sliding action.
Summary of the invention
Illustrative purpose of the present invention be to provide a kind of remote control transmitter, it can be controlled a plurality of lighting apparatus and need not slide switch.
In order to achieve the above object, according to the invention provides a kind of remote control transmitter, it comprises action button, be used to begin to operate a plurality of lighting apparatus, comprise memory, the data of a plurality of control signals of each channel of respectively corresponding each lighting apparatus of its storage representation, measuring appliance, it is based on being pressed to be beginning with action button and being the detected incident of end by relieving with action button, the time span that the calculating operation button is pressed, and the output expression is calculated the signal of gained time span as the time span that records, reflector, it is based on the data output control signal that is stored in the memory, and controller, it is based on channel of signal sets of measuring appliance output, and the control reflector is based on being stored in data output control signal relevant with setting channel in the memory.
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing of illustrative embodiment of the present invention, illustrate above-mentioned and other purpose, characteristic and advantage of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 shows the block diagram according to the remote control transmitter of correlation technique;
Fig. 2 shows the block diagram according to the remote control transmitter of exemplary embodiment of the present; And
Fig. 3 shows the block diagram according to the remote control transmitter of exemplary embodiment of the present.
Embodiment
Fig. 2 shows the block diagram according to the remote control transmitter of exemplary embodiment of the present.
Remote control transmitter shown in Fig. 2 comprises action button 6, it is used to begin to operate lighting apparatus, measuring appliance 7, it is used to begin the time span during measuring operation button 6 is pressed, controller 8, it is used for the time span setting contents of channel that records based on measuring appliance 7, and the control signal of output expression lighting apparatus mode of operation and channel, reflector 9, it is used for the control signal to 8 outputs of lighting apparatus mission controller, and memory 10, its storage representation is corresponding to the data of the control signal of each channel of lighting apparatus.Remote control transmitter also comprises the battery (not shown), and it is used for to controller 8 power supplies.
Suppose that remote control transmitter has two channels, one is called channel 1, and another is called channel 2.
Action button 6 is installed on the surface of remote control transmitter shell.The CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICATION of the action button of remote control transmitter is consistent in the CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICATION of action button 6 and the correlation technique, does not therefore do detailed description below.
Time span during measuring appliance 7 measuring operation buttons 6 are pressed.Measuring appliance 7 is to the signal of the measured time span of controller 8 output representatives.When to the signal end of output of controller 8, measuring appliance 7 was reset to for 0 (second) with measured time span.
The rising edge and the trailing edge of output signal when the time span that measuring appliance 7 is pressed for measuring operation button 6, measuring appliance 7 can exploration operation button 6 be pressed, and the time span of signal calculated output.
If be shorter in length than default time span by the measurement from the represented time of the signal of measuring appliance 7 inputs, then controller 8 reads the data corresponding to channel 1 of storage in the memory 10.If by being longer than default time span from the measurement length of represented time of the signal of measuring appliance 7 inputs, then controller 8 reads the data corresponding to channel 2 of storage in the memory 10.In this way, controller 8 setting contents of channel.
Read the control signal of expression lighting apparatus mode of operation and setting contents of channel in the data that controller 8 is stored from memory 10, and control reflector 9 output control signals.
Operation according to the remote control transmitter of embodiment is described below.
When the user presses and decontrols action button 6 subsequently, if the time span that measuring appliance 7 records is shorter than default time span, then controller 8 is a channel 1 with channel setting.On the contrary, if the time span that measuring appliance 7 records is longer than default time span, then controller 8 is a channel 2 with channel setting.Suppose that the maximum time length of measuring appliance 7 energy measurements sufficiently is longer than default time span.Then, controller 8 reads the control signal of expression setting contents of channel and lighting apparatus mode of operation from the data of memory 10 storages, and control reflector 9 output control signals.
The above-mentioned Preset Time length of mentioning can be the maximum time length of 7 energy measurements of measuring appliance.In this case, the signal that reaches Preset Time length when express time length is during from measuring appliance 7 inputs, and controller 8 is a channel 2 with channel setting, and the control signal of the corresponding channel 2 of control reflector 9 outputs.At this moment, surpass Preset Time length even the user continues push button 6, reflector 9 still keeps the control signal of output corresponding to channel 2.
Therefore, when the user wanted to operate the lighting apparatus of corresponding channel 2, the user need not the adjusting time.
As mentioned above, the data of representing two channels have been stored, i.e. channel 1 and channel 2, and the mode of operation of lighting apparatus according to the remote control transmitter of embodiment.Remote control transmitter comes setting contents of channel based on the time span that the action button that begins to operate lighting apparatus is pressed.Remote control transmitter reads the control signal that expression sets channel and lighting apparatus mode of operation from data, and emissioning controling signal.When channel was set, remote control transmitter was reset measured time span.
Because the setting of channel is based on the time span that action button is pressed, thereby remote control transmitter can change channel and the switch that do not need slidably to operate.The user can regulate the time span that action button is pressed, thereby control is distributed in two lighting apparatus on the different channel respectively independently.
The setting of channel can irrespectively be carried out with the control of operation lighting apparatus.
Fig. 3 shows the block diagram according to the remote control transmitter of exemplary embodiment of the present.
Remote control transmitter shown in Figure 3 has added setting button 11 and has been used for setting contents of channel.
Remote control transmitter shown in Figure 3 comes setting contents of channel according to the time span that setting button 11 is pressed.In this case, remote control transmitter is not limited only to control lighting apparatus, can also be used to operate AV (audio frequency and video) equipment of the complicated control of needs that comprises television set and video tape recorder.
The channel of setting by remote control transmitter is not limited only to two channels, and can be three or more channels.
For example, can come setting contents of channel according to the signal number of when setting button 11 is pressed, exporting at every turn.Alternatively, given a period of time length can be divided into three or more time periods, and distributes to each different channel, one of them channel can based on set button 11 be pressed the time Measuring Time length and be set.
If the channel that sets is by each different color showing, then the user can find to be easy to vision ground channel-identification on remote control transmitter.For with each different color showing channel, remote control transmitter can adopt the LED (light-emitting diode) of the light that can send multiple color.
According to the present invention because based on action button or set the time span that button is pressed and come setting contents of channel, therefore can change channel and do not need must slide switch.The user can control a plurality of lighting apparatus by the time span of regulating push button or setting button.
Though by particular term the preferred embodiments of the present invention are described, this describes just for illustrative purposes, will be appreciated that on the basis that does not deviate from aforesaid right requirement spirit and scope and can change and change.
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1. a remote control transmitter comprises action button and is used to begin to operate a plurality of lighting apparatus, and it comprises:
Memory, it is used for the data of a plurality of control signals of storage representation, and described control signal is used for respectively and corresponding each channel of each lighting apparatus;
Measuring appliance, it is based on the detection incident that begins when described action button is pressed and finish when described action button is decontroled, calculate the time span that described action button is pressed, and the signal of the time span calculated of output expression is as the time span that records;
Reflector, it exports control signal based on the data that are stored in the described memory;
Controller, its described signal based on described measuring appliance output is set one of them channel, and controls described reflector and export control signal based on being stored in the data that are associated with channel that set in the described memory.
2. a remote control transmitter comprises action button and is used to begin to operate a plurality of lighting apparatus, and it comprises:
Memory, it is used for the data of a plurality of control signals of storage representation, and described control signal is used for respectively and corresponding each channel of each lighting apparatus;
Set button, it is used to set described channel;
Measuring appliance, it is based on the detection incident that begins when described setting button is pressed and finish when described setting button is decontroled, calculate the time span that described setting button is pressed, and the signal of the time span calculated of output expression is as the time span that records;
Reflector, it exports control signal based on the data that are stored in the described memory;
Controller, its described signal based on described measuring appliance output is set one of them channel, and controls described reflector and export control signal based on being stored in the data that are associated with channel that set in the described memory.
3. a remote control transmitter comprises action button and is used to begin to operate a plurality of lighting apparatus, and it comprises:
Memory, it is used for the storage representation data of a plurality of control signals of each channel of each lighting apparatus of correspondence respectively;
Set button, it is used to set described channel;
Measuring appliance, it calculates the number of times that described setting button is pressed based on being pressed to be beginning with described setting button and being the detected incident of ends with described setting button by relieving, and the signal of output expression calculating gained number of times;
Reflector, it is based on the data output control signal that is stored in the described memory;
Controller, channel of described signal sets that it is exported based on described measuring appliance, and control described reflector and export control signal based on being stored in the data that are associated with channel that set in the described memory.
4. remote control transmitter as claimed in claim 1, its described channel comprises first channel and second channel;
If the represented described Measuring Time of described signal by described measuring appliance output is shorter in length than Preset Time length, then described controller is set described first channel, if the represented described Measuring Time length of described signal by described measuring appliance output is longer than described Preset Time length, then described measuring appliance is set described second channel.
5. remote control transmitter as claimed in claim 2, wherein said channel comprise first channel and second channel;
If the represented described Measuring Time of described signal by described measuring appliance output is shorter in length than Preset Time length, described controller is set described first channel, if the represented described Measuring Time length of described signal by described measuring appliance output is longer than described Preset Time length, described controller is set described second channel.
6. remote control transmitter as claimed in claim 4, wherein said measuring appliance is set maximum time length, described maximum time length thus can be measured as described Preset Time length; And
Offered described controller if represent the signal that described Measuring Time length reaches described maximum time length from described measuring appliance, then described controller is set described second channel.
7. remote control transmitter as claimed in claim 5, wherein said measuring appliance is set maximum time length, described maximum time length thus can be measured as described Preset Time length; And
Offered described controller if represent the signal that described Measuring Time length reaches described maximum time length from described measuring appliance, then described controller is set described second channel.
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